Author Archives: Niall Urquhart

Greenhorn At The Dugout

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Greenhorn Short Film Festival is happy to announce a short film programme to be screened at The Dugout, an affiliated Inclusive Women’s Arts Festival. The screening will take place on Saturday 2nd March 2013 at the Hoxton Arches between 11.30am – 5.30pm. The film programme will run alongside a day of inclusive workshops, exhibitions, stalls and collaborative projects. The Dugout is organised and run collaboratively by women with and without learning disabilities and Barnet Mencap.

The Dugout aims to…

>provide a platform for female creativity

>support women with learning disabilities to better access artistic opportunities

>provide a space for women to collaborate and share skills

For further details please go to: www.thedugoutfestival.com

 

SCI-FI-LONDON 48 Hour Film Challenge

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Over the last four years the SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival has run a 48hour Film Challenge and we have had over 380 films completed, many of which have gone to other film festivals and been broadcast on TV. The challenge takes place a few weeks before the film festival so they can judge all the entries and the winning films can be screened at the festival. The jury this year includes Benedict Cumberbatch (SHERLOCK), Brad Wyman (Producer, MONSTER) and Guillermo Del Toro.

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

CHALLENGE STARTS 10.00AM, SAT 6 APRIL

Taking part is easy. Get a crew together, scout some locations, prep your cast and be ready to make a 5 minute short film in just 48 hours. They will ask your team to come to the BFI Southbank on Saturday 6 April at 10.00am where they give you the TITLE of the film you will make, some DIALOGUE that one of your characters must say to screen, and a list of PROPS that must be seen in the film. They also give you an optional scientific theme… this could be nano-tech, cloning, gene-splicing…or something a little more “fringe”. Once you have all your elements, you have until Monday morning to return the completed movie to them. You can either deliver it to the BFI or send it via the Internet (wetransfer).

It is free to take part and you just need to register in advance on their site

http://www.sci-fi-london.com/48-hour-film-challenge

Kino Shorts Manchester

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Kino Manchester are please to announce our new season of Kino Shorts begining on 27th Feb at the 3MT retro theatre on Oldham Street in the heart of the Northern Quarter.

They are looking for short films to this event NOW! Films are selected in advance for quality and uniqueness so filmmakers should contact them for an application form and for details of how to submit your film, which is by DVD screener only (there is no fee).

Films can be any genre as long as they are completed in the last 12 months and no longer than 20… mins. Fiction, animation, experimental, documentary, artist film and video and music videos are elligible.

Their nights feature short Q&A’s with the filmmakers after each film when the filmmaker is available. For those submitting a film from outside the region who cannot make the trip to the event we often propose a Skype Q&A. All interviews are filmed and uploaded to their you tube channel for availability for everyone to view (see previous interviews here) http://www.youtube.com/kinofilmManc

They are also looking for short films from around the World for their forthcoming Kinofilm Festival to take place in Spring 2013 in Manchester. Contact them for more information.

Kino at 3MT DETAILS:
Wed 27th February
Doors open 7pm / start 7.30 pm
£5.00 full price
£4.00 concessions (students / unemployed – Id /evidence must be presented).

Participating filmmakers £3 (unless a donation was made when film was submitted in which case the participating filmmaker will have free admission).

Advance reservations recommended by emailing John as seats are limited – but not essentlal as tickets will be available on the door.

The Three Minute Theatre

Afflecks Arcade, 35-39, Oldham Street, M1 1JG Manchester, United Kingdom

Raindance Submissions – Now Open

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The Raindance Film Festival is now accepting submissions for their 21st annual festival taking place from 25th September – 6th October 2013 in London. They accept narrative and documentary features and shorts, as well as music videos and they’re very proud of their history as a launchpad for new and independent filmmakers. You can submit through their Withoutabox page where you’ll also find their eligibility criteria. Any questions, please get in touch with their team through festival@raindance.co.uk.

Deadlines

– Early Deadline – 17th April

– Regular Deadline – 17th May

– Late Deadline – 1st June

This year will be giving awards for:

Best International Feature

Best British Feature

Best Debut Feature

Best Documentary

Best International Short

Best British Short

Short Film of the Festival

Feature Film of the Festival

The winner of Short Film of the Festival becomes eligible for the Oscar longlist. Last year’s winner, Buzkashi Boys, has just made the shortlist for the 2013 Oscars. Incidentally, they also screened Asad, which has also made the shortlist.

Films In The City Event Round Up

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The October Non-Multiplex Cinema Films in The City Event: “Want to get your films into festivals? Here’s How!” was a great success and everyone had a fun and informative night!

Some us even got to extend the fun getting stuck in a malfunctioning lift with bags of booze at the end of the night – all in all, good times!

The panel discussion with our in-house host Ruth Doyle, Producer; Rebekah Smith, Film Festival Doctor; Philip Ilson, London Short Film Festival and Ross Domoney, Director of “The High Price of Gold” was well received by the audience and a big thank you to the guests for sharing their time and experiences with everyone. “The High Price of Gold” is currently doing really well on the festival circuit.

Thank you to all the filmmakers who submitted their short films and to everyone who had their films screened on the night! The short film ‘audience favourite’ award went to Sheila Menon and Alexander Munro, the Directors for “No Way Out”. They won a bottle of wine and 2 tickets to a Royal Shakespeare Company production. Congrats & Enjoy!

NEWS ALERT – FILM COMPETITION: The winner of the Non-Multiplex Cinema Short Film Competition with www.thefilmfestivaldoctor.co.uk is Deloris Collins for “Once Upon A Time”! She wins a free consultation with (The Film Festival Doctor) Rebekah Smith & will be given advice on how to design an effective and bespoke festival strategy for her film.

Our next Films in The City Event will be 7 Feb 2013 – more news on film submissions and what will be taking place on the night soon! The Event Producers, Mark Slater & Ruth Doyle, will be announcing details in December.

See everyone in February!!!

London Feminist Film Festival – Coming This Week!

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The London Feminist Film Festival celebrates feminist filmmakers past and present. The first festival is 29 Nov – 2 Dec 2012.

The London Feminist Film Festival was set up as a response to the underrepresentation of women in the film industry, as well as to the lack of films addressing feminist issues and the fact that the representation of women on screen is often narrow and stereotypical. They want to celebrate women creatives whilst ensuring that this feminist ethos also extends to the films they show. The festival will be a celebration of feminist films past and present. Their aim is to inspire discussion about feminism and film, to support women directors, and to get feminist films seen by a wider audience.

They are pleased to announce the very first London Feminist Film Festival, which will take place at Hackney Picturehouse over the long weekend of 29 November to 2 December 2012. They will be screening feminist shorts and feature films from women directors around the world, including films by up-and-coming directors as well as feminist classics. Each film session will be accompanied by a panel discussion featuring prominent filmmakers, feminists, academics, and arts critics.

General information
Dates: Thursday 29 November to Sunday 2 December 2012
Venue: Hackney Picturehouse, 270 Mare Street, London E8 1HE, UK

Selling Your Short Films Online

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CALLING ALL LONDON FILMMAKERS – SELLING YOUR SHORT FILMS ONLINE.

A new website has launched called www.londonshortfilms.com. Set up by filmmakers for filmmakers it enables the best of London short filmmaking to be sold via download or streaming. The short films must be made by London-based directors, or shot in London.

The filmmaker receives 75% of the purchase price (top price £2 per film). It’s a non-exclusive deal, and extras can easily be added to the film offer. The system of accounting is quick and transparent with constant access to your account.

“The site has come about after personal experience as a maker of short films. I hope we can empower new and established filmmakers with this site.”

(Jeremy Wooding, filmmaker, site co-founder)

Secret City – Coming Soon

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Secret City, a documentary film about the City Of London, the Corporation that runs it and its role in the economic crisis.

As the economic crisis has drawn attention to the machinations of financial institutions, director, Michael Chanan, and writer, Lee Salter, have produced a feature length documentary film about the secretive institutions at the heart of the City of London and the impact these have on people’s lives.

The film is a story about the development of the Corporation of London through the ages, landing in the present. Using interviews with politicians, businessmen, vicars (including from Bethnal Green and Hackney), activists and analysts it tells the story of the consolidation of the City’s power in the world economy, its role in the crisis and its effects on people and institutions. The score includes original music by Simon Zagorski-Thomas and the Vaults Quartet. The film uses some impressive archive footage including William Raban’s MMX, Anthont Simmon’s Bow Bells, and the Dream of Toyland from 1907.

Having been previewed in Parliament, the Secret City is now rolling out across the country, with forthcoming screenings in London, Bristol, Brighton, Liverpool and elsewhere. See the web site for details www.secretcity-thefilm.com Contact: salter.lee@gmail.com

2013 Bristol Shakespeare Festival

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The Bristol Shakespeare Festival is a Community Interest Company (CIC), approaching it’s 10th season in 2013 (Friday 28th of June – Sunday 14th of July) and run by a team of dedicated volunteers, passionate about bringing the freshest, most exciting productions of Shakespeare’s plays to some of Bristols’s most beautiful and unusual spaces every summer.

They are striving to continue to programme the highest quality touring productions, which has been the mainstay of their festival since it’s conception. But their primary target for 2013 is to build partnerships, coordinate events and explore new performances and projects, to foster a stronger and more sustainable relationship with the Bristol cmmunity and engage with an ever-increasing and diverse audience.

Their ‘Shakespearances’ involve a diversity of media, from flashmob Shakespeare, bard-busts, film, stand-up comedy, graffiti, queer theatre, Shakespeare in sign, symposiums, art, music and pubs!

For information on the fesival, please contact Sophie Gould at info@bristolshakespeare.org.uk or visit www.bristolshakespeare.com or like them on facebook here https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bristol-Shakespeare-Festival/225392534139919 or follow them on Twitter @BristolBardFest

Short Films Wanted for RotoReliefs screening & networking event

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Calling all filmmakers – do you have a short film that you are dying to show the world?

Rotoreliefs are looking for interesting short films (max 15mins) of any style and genre (from music videos, animation and documentary to experimental, comedy and fiction) to be screened at their wonderfully informal and lively SHORT FILM SCREENING & NETWORKING EVENT, held on the last Monday of every month @ The Rich Mix in Behtnal Green.

ROTORELIEFS is a platform for independent filmmakers and video artists to gather, to showcase films, and to share ideas, experiences, tips, methods and advice. Their aim is to help demystify and break down the barriers in the filming industry; to promote emerging filmmakers; and to inspire new filmmakers, by showcasing a broad spectrum of films from new, emerging and established talent, and by creating a dialogue between the audience and filmmaker.

Their wonderfully lively and informal monthly event always attracts interesting and interested individuals; promising a good crowd with a great vibe. They always invite the filmmakers to give a short Q&A after each film, and our commitment to screen all genres means there’s always something for everyone.

NEXT SCREENING DATES:
Monday 29 October
Monday 26 November

Share your masterpiece; revive a short you once made, give your new work a test screen, or come to toast the success of your latest creation!

To SUBMIT your work please go to: http://www.rotoreliefs.com/submission where you can download the submission form. They will contact all those whose films will be shown, and hope they will come along!

// The Rotoreliefs Team // www.rotoreliefs.com //